Hannah name - Meaning of Hannah
- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 1
- Usage
- English, Hebrew, French, German, Dutch, Biblical
- Pronounced
- HAN-ə (English) , HAH-nah (German)
- Hannah Meaning
- From the Hebrew name (Channah) meaning "favour" or "grace". Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament. As an English name, Hannah was not regularly used until after the Protestant Reformation. The Greek and Latin version Anna is used in the New Testament ; this form has traditionally been more widely used as a Christian name. Hannah originates in Hebrew language and means "gracious". In the Bible, Hannah was an important character, mother of Samuel. It has always been one of the most popular feminine given names in the United States. It functions as a surname as well, a popular bearer being the American actress Daryl Hannah. In the English-speaking countries Hannah has been used since the Protestant Reformation.
Hannah Related Names
Variants: Channah, Chanah (Hebrew), Hena, Henda, Hene, Henye (Yiddish), Hanna, Hanne (German), Hanna (Dutch), Hana, Hanae, Hanalise, Hanka, Hannele, Hannelore, Hanny, Hanah, Hania, Hanni, Hannie
Diminutive: Hendel (Yiddish)
Other Languages: Quanna (African American), Ane, Anne (Basque), Anna (Belarusian), Anna (Biblical Greek), Channah (Biblical Hebrew), Anna (Biblical Latin), Anna, Annick (Breton), Ana, Anna, Anka (Bulgarian), Aina, Anna, Anaïs (Catalan), Ana, Hana, Anica, Anita, Anja, Anka, Ankica, Jana (Croatian), Anna, Hana, Aneta (Czech), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Ane, Anika, Anita, Anja, Hanne (Danish), Anna, Anu (Estonian), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Anita, Anja, Anneli, Anni, Anniina, Annika, Annikki, Annukka, Anu, Hannele, Niina (Finnish), Ana (Georgian), Anna (Greek), Anna, Hanna, Anikó, Annuska, Panni (Hungarian), Anna, Hanna (Icelandic), Anna, Annabella, Annetta (Italian), Anna (Latvian), Ona (Lithuanian), Ana (Macedonian), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Anita, Anja, Anniken, Hanne (Norwegian), Anna, Anaïs (Occitan), Anna, Hanna, Ania, Anita, Anka, Hania (Polish), Ana, Anabela, Anita (Portuguese), Ana, Anca (Romanian), Anna, Ania, Annushka, Anushka, Anya (Russian), Annag, Nandag (Scottish), Ana, Anica, Anja, Anka, Jana (Serbian), Anna, Hana (Slovak), Ana, Anica, Anika, Anita, Anja (Slovene), Ana, Anabel, Anita (Spanish), Anna, Anne, Hanna, Anita, Anja, Annika, Hanne (Swedish), Anna, Hanna (Ukrainian)
Hannah Celebrities
Hannah Storm - television news personality, Hannah Arendt - writer, Hannah Hoch - German artist, Hannah Lynch - writer, Hannah Smith - published author, Hannah Stockbauer - athlete, Hannah Wakefield - writer, Hannah Weiner - poet, Hannah Wilke - American photographer,
